HTC One X for AT&T battery test is over, see if it outperforms its quad-core sibling

As most of you probably know by now, the HTC One X for AT&T packs a different chipset than its NVIDIA Tegra 3 rocking, global sibling. A Qualcomm made, Snapdragon S4 chipset with two CPU cores is the reason for the US available HTC One X’s LTE connectivity.

This means that testing out the battery life of the two HTC One X versions is the perfect showdown of the battery efficiency, which the latest and greatest Qualcomm and NVIDIA chipsets offer. Read on to find out which one came on top.

As always, we’ll kick things off with a look at the talk time of the handset. The HTC One X for AT&T managed the highly impressive 10 hours and 35 minutes before its battery gave up – a result which is better than the showing of the quad-core packing global version, though not by much – the difference is around 5%.

Talk time

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX20:24

Samsung Galaxy Note12:14

Samsung Wave 3 S860011:07

HTC One X (AT&T, LTE)10:35

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III10:20

HTC One V10:00

HTC One X9:57

HTC One S9:42

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R9:40

HTC Sensation XL9:30

Nokia Lumia 7109:05

HTC Vivid9:02

HTC Rhyme8:48

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V8:41

Meizu MX8:39

Samsung Galaxy S II8:35

Nokia Lumia 8008:25

Samsung Galaxy Nexus8:23

Samsung Captivate Glide8:20

HTC Rezound (LTE)8:10

Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)8:02

Apple iPhone 4S7:41

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:14

Samsung i937 Focus S7:25

Samsung Rugby Smart I8477:09

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro6:57

Nokia N96:57

HTC Radar6:53

BlackBerry Curve 93806:52

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)5:53

LG Nitro HD (LTE)5:16

HTC Titan II (LTE)5:10

BlackBerry Bold 97905:00

Pantech Burst4:46

The web browsing time showed a similar state of affairs. The Qualcomm equipped HTC One X outdid its NVIDIA packing sibling again, this time by about 15%. We will remind you again that despite its dual-core nature, the One X for AT&T is not slower than the global version, as its chipset features a newer architecture.

Web browsing

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX7:23

HTC Radar7:17

Apple iPhone 4S6:56

HTC One V6:49

BlackBerry Curve 93806:40

Samsung i937 Focus S6:15

Samsung Rugby Smart I8475:53

Pantech Burst5:51

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G5:45

Samsung Wave 3 S86005:34

Samsung Captivate Glide5:33

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE5:24

HTC Sensation XL5:20

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III5:17

HTC Rezound5:16

HTC Rhyme5:08

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R5:07

HTC One X (AT&T)5:03

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro4:50

HTC Vivid4:46

Meizu MX4:35

Nokia N94:33

Samsung Galaxy S II4:24

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V4:20

HTC One X4:18

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T4:10

Nokia Lumia 8004:07

HTC Titan II (LTE)4:05

HTC One S4:03

BlackBerry Bold 97904:02

LG Nitro HD4:00

Nokia Lumia 7103:51

Samsung Galaxy Note3:35

Samsung Galaxy Nexus3:01

Video playback time was no different. With a time of 6 hours and 26 minutes, the HTC One X for AT&T once again bested the global HTC One X, and it’s again by a margin of about 15%. The result from both phones are not stellar to begin with, but keep in mind that those 1800mAh batteries power 4.7″ screens with HD resolution.

Video playback

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX14:17

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III10:01

Samsung Rugby Smart I8479:34

HTC One S9:28

Apple iPhone 4S9:24

Nokia N98:40

Samsung Galaxy Note8:25

Samsung Galaxy S II8:00

Samsung i937 Focus S7:55

Samsung Wave 3 S86007:52

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V7:45

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G7:33

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE7:30

HTC One X (AT&T)6:26

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R6:21

HTC Sensation XL6:12

Samsung Captivate Glide6:04

Samsung Galaxy Nexus6:02

HTC Vivid6:00

HTC Radar5:54

Nokia Lumia 8005:52

HTC Titan II5:50

BlackBerry Bold 97905:47

HTC One X5:45

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro5:44

Pantech Burst5:38

Meizu MX5:27

HTC Rhyme5:23

HTC One V5:20

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T5:18

BlackBerry Curve 93805:09

HTC Rezound5:03

LG Nitro HD4:17

Nokia Lumia 7103:27

The total endurance rating of the HTC One X for AT&T was 42 hours. This means that the device will last a tad less than two days if you use it for an hour each of telephony, web browsing, and video playback every day – not bad for a power-hungry top-of-the-range Android smartphone.

In a nutshell, the HTC One X for AT&T is powerful and power efficient. Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon S4 chipset is a massive improvement over its predecessor in terms of energy efficiency. With the LTE radio being an integral part of chipset, rather than an addition, it shows that 4G data speeds shouldn’t come at the expense of the battery performance anymore.